NN&I - January 2012
Vol 26 No 1 January 2012 Contents Columns 8 First Word Berwicks push for accountable care helped the ESRD program Rebecca Zumoff News National Oregon asks DoJ to review provider AKF partnership to cover insurance premiums Network 8 merges with QIO Panel votes in favor of new EPO drug B U researchers tackling high ESRD mortality in Central America 10 Cover Story 20 This month begins a major change in how the Medicare program evaluates the quality of care delivered to dialysis patients But will the incentive in the Quality Incentive Program be enough to improve treatment Is it a penalty for performance or a pay for performance program The three articles in our cover story this month outlines how the QIP works and what areas remain controversial An overview Steven Fishbane MD Ilene Miller MD Helen Danko RN Naveed Masani MD Commentary Tackling pay for performance Current and future challenges Premila Bhat MD J Ganesh Bhat MD Perpetuating sub optimal care CMS QIPs and the hemoglobin myth Stephen P Pollak PhD Jonathan A Lorch MD FACP Victor E Pollak MD FACP FRCPE NephrologyNews com What are the risks to African Americans on dialysis In our digital edition of the December 2011 issue of NN I www nephrology digital com our cover story analyzes a recent study by Kucirka et al about the higher risk for younger African Americans on dialysis Nephrologists Keith Norris Kamyar Kalantar Zadeh and Joel Kopple wrote that the study should be viewed as a stimulus to promote better understanding of the root of racial ethnic survival differences Part of that answer might be in the article posting by NN I on Dec 8 summarizing a study by Crews et al that suggests inflammation may be impacting survival among blacks You can read a summary of that JASN article at http ht ly 7Ti0s Important News Developments from ASN If you were unable to attend the 44th annual American Society of Nephrology meeting in Philadelphia NN I has published a series of eNewsletters covering the highlights Download PDF versions at www nephrologynews com articles special sections and reports Alternative Therapies Supplement NN Is special supplement Alternative Therapies Options for Improving Dialysis Care is available online at www nephrologynews com articles special sections and reports Nephrology News Issues January 2012 Subscribe to our free eNewsletter at www NephrologyNews com 4
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